Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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Secret City

The Hidden History of Gay Washington

by James Kirchick

Lists

39 Best Books of 2022: Vanity Fair
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the 2010s The Playlist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Colonial Patterns Huerco S
Come and See Gurriers
Tchotchke Tchotchke
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Doga Juana Molina
Swimming Sam Moss
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Foil Deer Speedy Ortiz
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Sierra Falconer
Open Close Sam Prekop
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Die to Wake Up from a Dream MF Tomlinson
Close Steve Tibbetts
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker

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